Lincoln Heights has taken television by storm with its freshmen debut, as well as its highly successful second season return.  Similar to other series, the show's drama centers on a family struggling to start a new life and deals with the typical issues involved with raising children.  But what sets this ABC Family series apart from other family dramas is its African-American central figure, which is often considered unsuccessful in Hollywood.

Show executive producer Kathleen McGhee Anderson has decided to take on the show that was “seemingly tanking” and has made it her challenge to transform Lincoln Heights into a groundbreaking series.

“I am the creative force behind the show and I'm also responsible for the operations and the day-to-day running of the show…When I came on the show, no script had been written and we were one week before production.  I decided it was a challenge that I wanted to meet because of the possibility of having a drama that was that important and a storyline that had not been served in recent memory, which was a family that happened to be specifically African American,” Anderson told EURweb.com.

“In Hollywood, the misconception is that a family [drama] with an African American lead or central figure would be unsuccessful.  That has been the myth that has pervaded in this town for too long. Storylines that are told from an African American point of view have resonance and are valid as American stories that can reach an audience that is underserved and a mainstream audience that is also interested and can identify these stories as there own,” she added.

While there still remains to be some detractors of the show, the cast and crew remains optimistic of the future of Lincoln Heights, which now airs every Tuesday at 8/7c.

“This is our second season and that is pretty comforting,” Anderson said.  “I hope we keep building our numbers.  We've changed our date and time.  We've been off the air so long, people will have to try to find us anyway.”


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: EURweb.com
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